- Australian exits during second-round match with Magda Linette
- Barty also required medical timeout in her first-round win
Ashleigh Barty will play no further part in Roland Garros after being forced to retire from her second-round match with a left hip injury. The top seed, who was competing in Paris for the first time since she won her first grand slam title there in 2019, retired while trailing 6-1, 2-2 against Magda Linette after taking to the court with the pre-existing injury.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Barty. “We have had such a brilliant clay court season, and to kind of get a little bit unlucky with timing more than anything, to have something kind of acute happen over the weekend and just kind of run out of time against the clock is disappointing. It won’t take away the brilliant three months that we have had, as much as it hurts right now.”
